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LONDON, Mar 02 2016 – The European Union is providing Euro 400,000 to implement a new project on preventing domestic violence in the Caribbean.
The funds have been awarded to a team of Caribbean and European experts, headed by Professor Adele Jones from the University of Huddersfield, in partnership with The Sweet Water Foundation of Grenada.
The experts said that data will be used to develop interactive, role-playing computer games designed to empower victims and change attitudes that have been linked to aggressive and violent behaviours.
“There is enough evidence to tell us that computer games can generate violence, so what we want to do is look at how we can create an educational tool that might begin to generate empathy – or non-violence,” said Jones.
The two year project, titled “None-in-Three” has been derived from the finding that one in three women and girls experience violence in their lives.
“That’s a fairly global statistic but domestic violence is identified as being particularly entrenched in the Caribbean,” said Jones.
The None-in-Three project will be implemented in Barbados and Grenada and will be launched on March 8 to coincide with celebrations marking International Women’s Day.
